Auxiliary information in manifests
AssigneeWurl Inc.
InventorsYuval Fisher, Ron Gutman, Bijal Sutaria, Ramarao Babbellapati, Sean Doherty
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Abstract
A method of video distribution including receiving a manifest including links to blocks, which blocks form at least a portion of a video program, selecting at least some of the links in the manifest, to which auxiliary information is to be added and adding, to each of the selected links, auxiliary information, which does not affect a block referred to by the link. A log of links requested by clients is retrieved from a storage unit, links relating to a specific video program are filtered from the retrieved log, and information on an extent to which the specific video program was viewed, is determined responsive to the filtered links.
Claims23
A method of video distribution, comprising:
- receiving, by a processor, a manifest including links to blocks, which blocks form at least a portion of a video program;
- selecting, by the processor, at least some of the links in the manifest, for addition of auxiliary information;
- adding, to each of the selected links or to links adjacent the selected links, auxiliary information, which does not affect a block referred to by the link;
- retrieving from a storage unit, a log of links requested by clients, wherein at least some of the links in the log include the added auxiliary information;
- filtering from the retrieved log, links relating to a specific video program;
- and
- determining information on an extent to which the specific video program was viewed, responsive to the filtered links,
- wherein the links included in the manifest comprise first links pointing to blocks including content of the video program and second links pointing to blocks in advertisement slots,
- wherein selecting the links for addition of the auxiliary information comprises selecting a first percentage of the first links and a second percentage of the second links, wherein the first percentage is different from the second percentage, and
- wherein selecting the links for addition of the auxiliary information comprises selecting less than 20% of the first links and more than 40% of the second links.
An apparatus for video distribution, comprising:
- a first processor configured to receive a manifest including links to blocks, which blocks form at least a portion of a video program, to select at least some of the links in the manifest, for addition of auxiliary information, to add to each of the selected links or to links adjacent the selected links, auxiliary information, which does not affect a block referred to by the link, and
- a second processor configured to retrieve a log of links requested by clients, from a storage unit, wherein at least some of the links in the log include the added auxiliary information, to filter from the retrieved log, links relating to a specific video program, and to determine information on an extent to which the specific video program was viewed, responsive to the filtered links,
- wherein the links included in the manifest comprise first links pointing to blocks including content of the video program and second links pointing to blocks in advertisement slots,
- wherein selecting the links for addition of the auxiliary information comprises selecting a first percentage of the first links and a second percentage of the second links, wherein the first percentage is different from the second percentage, and
- wherein selecting the links for addition of the auxiliary information comprises selecting less than 20% of the first links and more than 40% of the second links.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.